Mounting rear tractor tires

Guys I just got done reading 2 different articles about mounting rear tires. These articals popped up on Google Chrome. They were written by 2 different authors. They are bout 95% total BS. They only thing 1 guy got right was, "do not use soapy water, grease, or oil to mount tractor tires, get some tire mounting lube.". Guys I spent 22 years mounting new tires, fixing flats and doing anything else needed to keep you guys in the field. 1 of them told everyone " you need to lay under the tractor to remove the tubes." Total BS. Guys I enjoyed fixing, repairing, and selling rears and combine tires. The toughest tires I ever mounted were French built Kliebers which became Michelin. The toughest repair I ever did was on a Deere. The inner weight had come off the hub, dropped down and broke off the valve stem that was mounted on the inside of the rim.   It was a bear to get that 4-500 lb weight lifted back up and bolted back on the center hub by myself. I was able to use a combination of a come along and a couple of jacks wedged under it the get it back up and in place. Lucky 3 of the bolts were still in the hub and I found enough nuts and washers in the guys tool box and my service truck to bolt it back in place. If my dam back hadn't self destructed I'd still be doing it.

Edited by 200Tom1 - 26 Feb 2022 at 10:35pm

A couple of years ago I bought two used tires for my Model C AC; they were mounted on rims that fit something else, I forget the brand.

I bought new rims, then proceeded to break the beads loose on the old rims using my backhoe; so far so good.

It didn't take long for me to decide to haul them to the local tire shop; those tires are so stiff they will hold that little Model C up with no air in them. The tire shop guy said they were about the worst he had ever seen.

Sometimes it pays to pay someone to do the job.

I agree with Les. 

Edited by WF owner - 27 Feb 2022 at 7:05am

I have always done my own. My dad taught me when I was young.
The hardest I ever done while in a tire shop were log skidded tires.
I, just this week had new tires put on the I600 backhoe I bought. First time I’ve ever paid to have tractor tires changed or fixed.
My back is shot and I welcomed the idea.
I was about done in by the time I loaded the old tires n wheel in my truck.

Tires can be tough, especially when they are petrified, Coke has the right idea I use ratchet straps to pull in the tubeless type, my dad had a thing that was a piece of strap probably 1 inch x 1/8 spring steel and it wrapped around the tire and then doubled part way around and then an adjustable chain hooked to a ram that you used air pressure to pull the whole works in the same as a come along, it worked great, wish that I had it today.

Thad in AR. wrote: Ive always used it as well. Last time I tried it was on a front backhoe tire. The stuf would barely burn and never would explode.

  So I suppose gasoline or acetylene are frowned on as well, I've seen both used.

Guys I been remembering good and bad with rear tractor tires. The hardest ones I took off were original equipment Firestone's on a 1855 Oliver. The tires broke down OK but the factory guys mounted the tires when the paint on the rims was still wet. I got the outside bead off the rims but the tube was stuck to the rims so bad it took me 3-4 hours to change that pair. Normally took less than 1 hour to do both. Worst combine tire I replaced was on a Massy. Down hill side of the machine grain tank loaded, couldn't get the wagon under the auger to get the grain off the combine. Ground was very soft. I had 5 chunks of rail road tie I kept on the truck along with a half dozen other blocks. I kept jacking and shoving blocks under the darn thing. I wound up using every block I had on the truck and wished I had 1 more. The guy had taken the. key with him so i could not start the combine to lower the 6 row corn head. When I got done, I could not get the bottom block out of the hole. It had sunk about 2' in the ground. As far as I know it may still be there. And then there's the 1460 with a 6 row corn head on it. Guy was going down the road, turned a corner and the steering arm broke putting him in the ditch. Not a deep ditch, knocked the 1 driver off the rim. I got it up, put a tube in the tire,set the machine Back down. We had a big wrecker hooked to the machine just to hold it in place so it wouldn't fall off the jack. The guy operating the wrecker started pulling and that darn corn head came off the machined and crashed to the ground. I had just crawled out from under it a few seconds earlier. Insurance company paid for my trip, labor, a new tube and a new corn head .

me thinks that ELDON on this forum has mounted/dismounted more tractor tires than all us put together! where's he slumm'n now?  

DougG wrote: Dave did these stories really happen ?